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He told theNew York Daily News: 'This was a print on organza. The price of organza is $12 to $15 a yard.
They wanted more than $100 a yard to put a print on it...

High-end: Naeem Khan's designs sell for upwards of $2,000

'It's not that we don't pay our vendors,' he continued. 'We do. It's just that you don't gouge a designer.'

Mr Khan, whose dresses sell for upwards of $2,000 and have also been worn by Eva Longoria and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, said that he had worked with Jakob Schlaepfer Inc for years, and that they usually haggle over price on delivery.

But on this occasion, he told the paper, the supplier made the delivery late, and also refused to be moved on the cost.

He explained that the reason a price had not been agreed prior to the fabric being printed was because it was a bespoke design, and it is not possible to establish a value on a custom order until it has been made.

Sartorial hit: Mrs Obama, pictured with Jimmy Kimmel, in Naeem Khan at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner in April

Eva Longoria at Cannes in 2010 (left) and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in June 2011 (right), both in Naeem Khan creations

Mr Khan said that he would pay the outstanding bill, only because 'I don't want the headache.'

He added that he would never consider working with Jakob Schlaepfer Inc and Filtex of Switzerland again, though.